Sushma Swaraj, Afghan President Respond To Fans Seeking Indian Citizenship For Rashid Khan

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Borders and religious differences may divide us, but there is one thing that brings us closer than ever – the love for cricket. And the love only doubles up and the fever is heightened during the Indian Premier League aka IPL.

IPL 2018 has been quite interesting with surprises at every turn. As the season draws to an end on 27th May, fans will witness the two finalist team – Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad – go head to head on the field.

But the journey to the finals for both the teams wasn’t an easy one. While CSK has been the favourite throughout the season, SRH proved themselves time and again. Especially in the qualifier against Kolkata Knight Riders.

It was a brilliant win for the team and Rashid Khan, the Afghan player outshone everyone else on the field. He delivered a stellar performance with both, the bat and the ball.

The 19-year-old teenage sensation scored 34 runs off of 10 balls and our God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, praised him too. Tendulkar deemed him to be the ‘best T20 spinner’

Fans of cricket went into a frenzy after watching this spectacle. Indian fans stormed the internet with requests to grant Rashid Khan Indian citizenship so he can play for Team India.

1. That would be something epic altogether.

2. Even Harsha Bhigle had only praises for him.

3. It won’t be difficult to get signatures for this petition.

Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, who is generally quite active on Twitter joined in the frenzy too. As always, she had a witty response to all these fans seeking Indian citizenship for Rashid Khan.

Here’s a screenshot of the tweet which has now been deleted.

Wait a minute, don’t get too excited because there’s more to this craziness going around.

Soon after Swaraj’s tweet, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani also chimed in for the conversation. In his tweet, President Ghani said he will not allow Rashid Khan to go anywhere.

“No, we are not giving him away. @narendramodi”

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings will play the finals on Sunday and after this Twitter banter, it is going to be one helluva match to watch.

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